Merge of three images and tone mapped in Photomatix.
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Straighten the horizon and crop
Levels and Curves adjustment
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Healing and clonning to remove minor impuritues
Canvase Resize to add border
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I have to say I've had a couple of really easy shots to critique - hard to go wrong when the shots you get finish in the top of a very competitive challenge! Excellent job with merging the exposures - you obviously did it right and used a tripod (I keep trying to do it handheld and I can tell you it doesn't work nearly as well!). Nice touch with the overall processing - very vibrant and rich without feeling like it is overdone. And very nice use of those foreground rocks. A beautiful photograph! Congrats on the top twenty finish!
Goodness gracious me. Strong comp, beautifull colours and the misty waters with ss brilliant. Glow in rocks in the fore extra special. Nicely done. Luckily im not limited in the number of 9 or 10s I may give. this 9 but have to decide later again.
Technically, this is a good image. I'm not at all crazy about the frame - in this case, it adds nothing. Also - I'm sorry to say - this kind of scene with the rocks and the misty water has been done ad nauseum. Something to perk up the eye would have been beneficial.
Firstly let me say, I'm not a huge fan of these sorts of shots as I always think they are vastly over done, but this is one of the more interesting ones so far, due to the texture of the rocks. It almost seems like they are glowing or made of some glass like material.
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